Rack for memorandum desk-calendars.



No. 848,060. PATBNTED MAR.'26, 1907;

M w. s. SLOAN. v RAGK FOR MEMORANDUM DESK CALENDARS.

APPLICATION I'ILED MAY 19, 1906- I I I ammdoz wi maoea M a. q

UNITED STATESJBATENT orrroa.

OF ONE-HALF TO ROBERT A. STACEY,

SETTS.

OF WILLIAMSTOWN, MASSACHU- RACK FOR MEMORANDUM DESK-CALENDARS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March 26, 1907.

Application filed May 19, 1906. Serial No. 317,815.

To aid w/wm it may concern: 5 Be it known that I, WILLIAM SIMPsON SLOAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Williamstown, in the county of Berkshire and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Racks for Memorandum Desk-Calendars and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in calendar-holding racks, and comprises a simple and efficient device of this nature adapted to hold the series of leaves upon which the days of the month are printed and so arranged that the leaves may be turned over and held in regular order by themselves and comprises a bracket-shaped paper-holding member diagonally disposed between two lugs, which latter are adaptedto receive the slips.

The invention consists, further, in various details of construction and combinations and arrangements of parts, which will be hereinafter fully described and then specifically defined in the appended claims.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective View of my improved calendar-holding device, showing in dotted lines the different positions that the leaves assume when being turned from an upper to a lower portion of the rack; and Fig. 2 is a View of the rack with the leaves removed. Fig. 3 is a sectional view on line 3 3 of Fig. 2.

Reference now being had to the details of the drawings by letter, A designates a frame, which may be of any suitable material, preferably metal, and has lateral projections B upon one edge thereof and a single projection D upon the opposite edge.

E is a bail-shaped member having arms of different lengths, one end of said bail-shaped member being mounted to turn in an aperture in the lateral projection B and the other end of said member adapted to engage a slot D, formed in the edge of the lateral projection D. Said member E is made, preferably, of a resilient metal and adapted to spring over the lip of the recess D to hold the same securely in place. Rising from the lateral projection B is a pin B and a similar pin (1 projects from the plate D. The distance between the end of the member E, which is fastened to the projection B, and the pin B is equal to the distance between the pin d and the end of the member E when it is in engagement with the recess D. K K designate a series of slips upon which the numbers of the days of the month are adapted to be printed, and each leaf is provided with two apertures N and N, through the former of which said bail-shaped member E passes and through the other apertures in the slips either one or the other of said pins B or d is adapted to engage accordingly as the leaves are positioned upon the lateral projections B or swung to rest upon the upper surface of the projection D.

In reversing the leaves they are first released from the pin B, which engages one aperture in each leaf, and then turned back in the position shown in dotted lines with the numeral-face down, and after the leaf has reached a position below the projection B the edge which has been released from the pin B is swung in toward the frame A of the rack and the aperture in said leaf is caught over the pin d, thereby being securely held with its face down and in to that which it assumes the pin B.

When it is desired to remove the slips of paper from either position when engaged by either the pin B or the pin d, the slips may be raised off from one or the other of the pins and the long arm of the bail-shaped member may be sprung out of the recess which holds the same and the slips readily removed from said member.

While I have shown a particular form of rack embodying my invention, it will be understood that the shape of this rack may vary, Within the scope of the appended claims, without in any way departing from the spirit of the invention.

What I claim is 1. A calendar-holding rack having pins projecting therefrom at different levels, a diagonally-disposed bail-shaped member interposed between said pins, perforated sheets adapted to be mounted upon said bailwhen engaged by a reverse position said bail-shaped member adapt-ed to swingv free from the frame of the device and its other end pivoted, as set forth.

3. A calendar-holding rack having pins projecting therefrom at different levels, a diagonally-disposed bail-shaped member interposed between said pins, perforated sheets adapted to be mounted upon said bail-shaped member upon which they may be turned so that apertures in said sheets may be engaged by one or the other of said pins, one end of said bail-shaped member adapted to swing 1 free from the frame of the device and its other end pivoted, an arm of said bail-shaped member being resilient and adapted to spring into a recess formed in the frame, as set forth.

4. A rack for holding calendar-slips comprising a metallic frame having lateral projections in different planes, a bail-shaped member pivotally mounted upon one of said projections and having a long arm adapted to engage a recess formed in the edge of one of said projections, a pin rising from a projection from each edge of the frame, calendarsheets having each a plurality of perforations therein, said bail-shaped member passing through one set of perforations, and the other set adapted to be engaged by one or the other of said pins, asset forth.

In testimony whereof I hereunto allix my I signature in the presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM SIMPSON SLOAN. Witnesses SUMNER I. PRINDLE, D. J. MYLAND. 

